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Highlights and fun facts from our games played, and news about upcoming games and events.

 BTW you can find more info on the Matinee Division including our schedule on our Division website at the following link: 

https://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=matineedivision 

GAME RECAPS FOR 2025 BELOW

 

 Matinee Players, Game 4, 6/11

Matinee Players,

Another Matinee Game today, another beautiful day for baseball and another somewhat one-sided affair as DB’s team continued a three-game win streak and walked away with a 12-7 victory at the A Diamond in Schenectady. TJ Scorsone and Mike Clary squared off on the mound and both pitched a scoreless first inning. DB’s team then had a big second inning as they pushed across five runs to take the early lead. Singles by Ron Massaroni, John Cortese, Ralph Caputo and Dave Reed highlighted the inning. While McQ’s team remained scoreless, DB’s team pushed across another single run in the fourth and then three more runs in the fifth to take a seemingly safe 9-0 lead. MCQ’s team however would not go down quietly as they scored a single run in the bottom of the fifth, four more runs in the sixth and then two more in the seventh, and suddenly the lead was down to 9-7. Three big runs by DB’s team in the top of the ninth then salted the game away.

Carlos Espada, Clary, and Dan Durback had multiple hits for McQ’s team, while Jerry Rosen, Massaroni, Scorsone, Cortese, Caputo, Reed and Jim Jazz had multiple hits for DB’s team.

Game five will be played next Wednesday the 18th so look for our next IN or OUT email message from me and please reply promptly.

 

Jim

 Matinee Players, Game 3,  6/4

Despite the best of intentions, for the third week in a row the Matinee Division game resulted in a one-sided affair as DB’s team rolled to a 7-1 victory. Ron Massaroni and Don Ball started on the mound for their respective teams and the difference in this game was Ball’s pitching, as well as a multitude of his other pitchers, who shut down McQ’s team and limited them to a single run and only seven hits. PJ Martone was the only player on McQ’s team with multiple hits. DB’s team started early with a run in the first on an RBI single by Jerry Rosen and then scored three more in the second inning. Dave Reed, Mike Aiello and Tom Bain had the big hits in the inning to plate the runs. DB’s team then added single runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings to put this game away. Aiello, Reed, Rick Saidenberg and Jim Jazz had multiple hits on the day for DB’s team.

 Just a slight correction. Dan Durbak pitched the first inning and Mike Clary pitched the second for the  ad Guys. DB waited until the 6th and 7th to shut down the Good Guys.

 
Hope to see you all next week.
 
DB

Game four will be played next Wednesday the 11th so look for our next IN or OUT email message from Donny Ball and please reply promptly.

Jim

 Matinee Players, Game 2,  5/28   

Matinee Players - Under ideal weather conditions for baseball, the Bad Guys broke out the lumber to even the season series at one game apiece.
 
Jimmy K limited the Bad Guys to just 3 runs over the first three innings. But Carlos Espada got the start for the Bad Guys and held the Good Guys to just 3 runs over his four innings on the bump. The 4th inning was turning point as the Bad Guys batted around and ran around the bases to score 8 runs on 8 hits (Saidenberg, Reed, Durbak, Cerone, Bain, Ball, Espada, Martone and Alston). Just to show that it wasn't a fluke, the #7 thru #11 batters for the Bad Guys scored 4 more runs in the 5th.
 
The Good Guys made a little noise in the bottom of the 5th as Jimmy Jazz, Careccia, Brown and Rosen singled and scored. Unfazed, Bad Guy hurler Ralph Caputo induced a ground ball that Espada, Reed and Alston turned into a 6-4-3, inning ending double play. That would end the scoring for the afternoon as both teams tightened their glove laces and played error-free baseball for three innings.
 
Final score: Bad Guys 15  Good Guys 8  Donny Baseball earns his first victory as a Matinee manager!
 
The first four batters for Jimmy Mac (Careccia, Brown, Rosen and Hernandez) all had multiple hit games and Joe Careccia only got thrown out at home once. For the Bad Guys, PJ Martone was 4-4 in the batter's box and rock solid behind the dish. Espada, Marin, Saidenberg, Caputo, Durbak, Cerone and Bain had multiple hit games for the Bad Guys. Dave Reed made two very nice plays at 2B for the Bad Guys.
 
The weather forecast looks great for next week. Keep your eyes open for Jimmy Mac's invitation for our first game in June. If the Bad Guys win again, we are all going to go out and get tattoos!
Don Ball

 

Matinee Players, Game 1,  5/21

 

The 2025 Matinee Division kicked off our seventh season today on an overcast day at the A Diamond in Schenectady under somewhat cool temperatures, but all in all it was not a bad day. The fireworks started immediately in the top of the first as McQ’s team started the game with four consecutive hits, one each from Carlos Espada, Tim Brown, Jerry Rosen and Joe Parker. After Jimmy K. added another single in the inning, McQ’s team led 3-0. DB’s team answered right back with two runs in the bottom of the inning, highlighted by singles from Rick Saidenberg and Pat Alston. McQ’s team then put up another three runs in the top of the second with singles from Paul Cerone and Kevin Carpenter and took the early 6-2 lead, which stayed that way until the sixth inning. In the top of the sixth McQ’s team exploded for five more runs, highlighted by an RBI single from Ron McCarthy on his 60th Birthday! DB’s team however would not go down quietly in the inning and pushed across three more runs with consecutive hits from Joe Careccia, Mike Kane, and Saidenberg’s second knock of the day. McQ’s team then salted the game away as they batted around in the seventh.

 

Espada, Brown, Rosen, Parker, McCarthy and Jim McQuade all had multiple hits for McQ’s team while Saidenberg, Alston, PJ Martone and Rick Knipper each contributed multiple hits for DB’s team.

 

Game two will be played next Wednesday the 28th so look for our next IN or OUT email message from Donny Ball and reply accordingly. (Photo attached from today, with Tom Bain missing)

 

Jim